Barriers and motivators to participation and retention in HIV/HCV cohort studies among people who inject drugs: a community consultation in Iran

• Main Authors: Ali Mirzazadeh (Author), Samira Hosseini-Hooshyar (Author), Armita Shahesmaeili (Author), Ali Bahramnejad (Author), Adibeh Barshan (Author), Ghazal Mousavian (Author), Esmail Najafi (Author), Hamid Sharifi (Author), Ali-Akbar Haghdoost (Author), Alya Briceno (Author), Willi McFarland (Author), Kimberly Page (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The lack of robust estimates of HIV/HCV incidence among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Iran calls for well-designed prospective cohort studies. Successful recruitment and follow-up of PWID in cohort studies may require formative assessment of barriers PWID are faced with in pa...